Ready for Action: strengthening the role of non-violence and conflict resolution in the UN and its agencies

Venue: Theatre , 207 Bouverie Street

Presenters: Professor Diane Bretherton

The idea of readiness for action is usually associated with military intervention. But peace, non-violence and conflict resolution also require careful preparation and training.

Changes that build peace can come from dramatic top down decisions. They can also take the form of many smaller interactions, from which new configurations emerge, like the process of morphing images on video. This lecture will be grounded in an ecological approach to conflict and peace, in which changes in relationships in the micro-systems can serve to alter the shape of macro-systems.

Some examples of how a lack of conflict analysis and resolution skills can undermine the implementation of a wide range of UN initiatives will be provided and a number of suggestions for strengthening conflict resolution training in the UN and its agencies will be discussed.

In her commitment to advancing Peace and Conflict Studies, Professor Diane Bretherton has published many works and is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Peace and Conflict. She has conducted conflict resolution workshops in many countries and is currently an adviser to a peace building project in Somalia. Professor Bretherton has been made a member of the Order of Australia for theoretical contributions to her discipline and for the practical prevention of violence through promoting conflict resolution in the community.

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